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The Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northern Australia. It occupies the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland , mainland Australia's northernmost point. [ 2 ]
The climate on Cape York Peninsula is tropical savanna in the south, with a heavy monsoon season from November to April, during which time the forest becomes almost uninhabitable, and a dry season from May to October. The temperature is warm to hot, with a cooler climate in higher areas.
Southeast Australia temperate savanna: Coral Sea (COS) Cape York Peninsula (CYP) Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna: Daly Basin (DAB) Kimberley tropical savanna: Darwin Coastal (DAC) Arnhem Land tropical savanna: Dampierland (DAL) Kimberley tropical savanna: Desert Uplands (DEU) Mitchell Grass Downs: Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR) Great ...
It is bounded on the northeast by the Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna, on the east by the Einasleigh Uplands savanna, on the south by the Mitchell Grass Downs, on the west by the Victoria Plains tropical savanna and Kimberley tropical savanna, and on the northwest by the Arnhem Land tropical savanna.
The area to the south (like the Cape York Peninsula, part of Queensland) is known as the Gulf Country. The Gulf Country supports the world's largest intact savanna woodlands as well as native grasslands, known as the Carpentaria tropical savanna. The woodlands also extend up the west and east coast of the Gulf.
Carpentaria tropical savanna (10 P) E. Eastern Australian temperate forests (17 P) Pages in category "Ecoregions of Queensland" ... Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna;
The tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are characterized by rainfall levels between 90–150 centimetres (35–59 in) per year. [1] Rainfall can be highly seasonal, with the entire year's rainfall sometimes occurring within a couple of weeks. African savannas occur between forest or woodland regions and grassland regions.
The river has a large population of saltwater crocodiles. The river rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range below Jacks Knob, west of Nundah homestead. The river flows generally north-west through tropical savanna plains and wetlands, joined by fifteen minor tributaries, before reaching its mouth and joining with the Ducie River on the western side of the peninsula at Port ...